Backstrokers unite.
We know every detail of the ceilings where we train unless it's the sky which is ever changing.
We SDK every day. It's breath taking.
We go forwards in reverse.
We get to flip over on turns. We gotta stay on our back.
We swim back. We kick back.
Aaron's the man
YouTube- Aaron Peirsol gets title and new record, from Universal Sports
YouTube- Aaron Peirsol Late Night Appearance/Interview (8.28.08)
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
The sun while swimming backstroke outdoors is a wicked "distraction".
But that isn't what is making you swim crooked.
Ultimately the line you keep is determined by where you push the water at the end of your pull.
Finish your pull near your body, throwing (or pushing) the water straight down to your toes.
Even throwing water an inch or two to the side or away from your body line will cause you to swim crooked to the other direction...
well, how can you explain why, at this meet, almost all backstrokers complain about the same thing every year that it's sunny, but it almost never comes up when it's cloudy??? after 8 years of doing this same meet with the same order of events, i have the same problem wookiee had this year, if it's sunny. but never when it's cloudy. :confused:
The sun while swimming backstroke outdoors is a wicked "distraction".
But that isn't what is making you swim crooked.
Ultimately the line you keep is determined by where you push the water at the end of your pull.
Finish your pull near your body, throwing (or pushing) the water straight down to your toes.
Even throwing water an inch or two to the side or away from your body line will cause you to swim crooked to the other direction...
well, how can you explain why, at this meet, almost all backstrokers complain about the same thing every year that it's sunny, but it almost never comes up when it's cloudy??? after 8 years of doing this same meet with the same order of events, i have the same problem wookiee had this year, if it's sunny. but never when it's cloudy. :confused:
